CC Adi 4.257 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 257
- doṅhāra ye sama-rasa, bharata-muni māne
- āmāra vrajera rasa seha nāhi jāne
SYNONYMS
doṅhāra—of both; ye—whatever; sama-rasa—equal mellows; bharata-muni—the saintly person named Bharata Muni; māne—accepts; āmāra—My; vrajera—of Vṛndāvana; rasa—mellows; seha—he; nāhi—not; jāne—knows.
TRANSLATION
"The sage Bharata has said that the mellows of lover and beloved are equal. But he does not know the mellows of My Vṛndāvana.
PURPORT
According to expert sexologists like Bharata Muni, both male and female enjoy equally in material sexual pleasure. But in the spiritual world the relationships are different, although this is unknown to mundane experts.